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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1903
Page
7
A Victorian style ad extols Christmas meals and winter appetite. It contrasts festive eating with stomach distress and promotes Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets, claiming they digest food like a healthy stomach restoring natural gastric function and easing burden on the stomach.
C. C. Adams of Atlanta, general superintendent of the Southern division, is named vice president and director of Postal Telegraph Company and will move headquarters to New York. He recalls his Atlanta years, praises southern hospitality, and notes his plans to visit Atlanta while serving nationally.
Alfred Johnson colored is jailed in the Tower on assault with intent to murder after County Policemen Cheshire and Maddox charged him with severely beating Henry Sanyer colored near the Seaboard Air Line yards. Sanyer lay in woods all Tuesday and into Wednesday before fellow workers found him. He was revived but unable to walk. Johnson, a Howard Transfer Company employee, returned to the scene to retrieve belongings and was arrested. Sanyer works as a section hand on the Seaboard Air Line railroad.
Secretary Root conferred with Colonel Eewardz of the insular bureau to finalize bonds for the Friars lands purchase in the Philippines. The issue totals 7.2 million dollars with bids to be received shortly and certificates possible if bonds are not ready.
A historical advertisement warns of indigestion dangers and touts Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as a safe effective remedy for all ages. It claims rapid relief from various stomach symptoms and notes widespread sales, availability from druggists at a small price, and a testimonial praising lasting cure after chronic dyspepsia doubts.
William H Black of New York, visiting his parents, praised the incoming McClellan administration. He credited the Citizens' Independent Democracy with campaign work and predicted a clean, aggressive New York City government. Black will remain until Tuesday then become commissioner of accounts under the new regime.
The well known New York attorney recently visited Atlanta to take a leading role in afrain litigation in a United States court. As head of this department he will earn $6,000 annually and oversee appointments with combined salaries around $150,000 a year. Friends in Atlanta extend warm congratulations on his phenomenal success in the great city of the east.
In Chicago on December 24, non union drivers hauled the dead to cemeteries for the first time in a week. Police guarded the process as union men offered to drive Farnsworth’s funeral but were refused. William Hartmann’s burial at Oakwood saw mounted officers and uniformed pallbearers. The December grand jury noted funeral disorder and urged a special investigation.
Former Senator A. C. Blalock announces candidacy for the next Georgia senate from the 35th district, seeking Clayton Cobb and Fulton support. Clayton backs Blalock with its claim to the seat while Fulton is understood not to contest, Cobb and Clayton dispute which county is entitled to the next term.
In thick fog the steamer Erastus Corning bound from New Haven to New York struck rocks off Copps Island near Norwalk. A 2 foot hole opened in her side and she sank in 16 feet of water within minutes. Six passengers fled in a small boat and were not heard from. others, including a lone passenger and crew, reached safety by tug and train.
Colonel Hamilton D B Hamilton may consent to run for the next Georgia legislature from Floyd county. Friends urge him to allow his name for the house, and if he agrees he would likely be nominated with broad support. Jacksonville Public Building report notes a U S portorios and customs house contract bid of 207900 is recorded in Washington.
In Hazelton Pennsylvania on December 23 a crowd of about 800 female strikers attacked workers escorting through streets to a Cyprian silk mill. Police and deputies attempted to intervene but the mob forced them back and the scene lasted nearly an hour before dispersal.
William J. Bryan arrived in Berlin from St Petersburg and was met by Dr. Otto Ahrendt a Reichstag member and leading bimetallism advocate. He will attend private luncheon with Ambassador Tower and a reception hosted by the American Chamber of Commerce before traveling to Copenhagen tonight.
Charles Galloway of St Louis has been signed as the official organist for the world’s fair. He will give a dedicatory recital when the fair opens. The organ is the largest of its kind in the world.
A St Louis reader asserts Cheney's Expectorant cures summer colds faster than any other remedy after trying similar medicines. The testimonial from A R Wilson states there is no superior product.
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